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Managerial compensation and firm performance: The moderating role of managerial ownership and other governance factors (2023)
Journal Article
Adelopo, I., Adu‐Ameyaw, E., Cheung, K. Y., & Bako, H. S. (2023). Managerial compensation and firm performance: The moderating role of managerial ownership and other governance factors. Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 34(3), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22609

This study looks at how executive compensation affects firm value and the extent to which this relationship is sensitive to managerial ownership and corporate governance factors. We use data from UK FTSE 100 firms for the period 2007–2012, generating... Read More about Managerial compensation and firm performance: The moderating role of managerial ownership and other governance factors.

Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities (2022)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Uddin, M., & Acheampong, S. (in press). Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2730

In this study, we examine whether investments in fixed (identifiable) intangible assets and tangible assets are sensitive to cash flow and the extent to which this sensitivity differs for firms with different levels of financial constraints. Using bo... Read More about Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities.

Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions (2022)
Journal Article
Gyimah, D., Danso, A., Adu-Ameyaw, E., & Boateng, A. (2022). Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions. International Review of Financial Analysis, 84, 102354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102354

This study examines the effects of firm-level political risk on firm leverage decisions and speed of adjustment. We uncover that firm-level political risk has a negative impact on a firm's total and long-term leverage. We also find that firms facing... Read More about Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions.

Growth opportunity and investment policy: The role of managerial incentives (2022)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., & Hickson, L. (2022). Growth opportunity and investment policy: The role of managerial incentives. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(8), 3634-3646. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3619

Based on the neo-classical theory of investment (Tobin's Q), this study looks at how growth opportunity drives investment policies and the extent to which this relationship is sensitive to managerial incentives. We use data from 213 non-financial and... Read More about Growth opportunity and investment policy: The role of managerial incentives.

R and D spending intensity of private vs public firms: The role of cash flow, leverage and information quality (2022)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Hickson, L., & Lartey, T. (2022). R and D spending intensity of private vs public firms: The role of cash flow, leverage and information quality. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 23(4), 770-787. https://doi.org/10.1108/jaar-07-2021-0179

Purpose: This study provides a large sample comparison of research and development (R&D) spending intensity in private and public firms and the extent to which these firms' unique characteristics affect their R&D spending rate. Design/methodology/app... Read More about R and D spending intensity of private vs public firms: The role of cash flow, leverage and information quality.

Managerial compensation and fixed intangible assets investment: The role of managerial ownership and firm characteristics (2022)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Hickson, L., & Danso, A. (2022). Managerial compensation and fixed intangible assets investment: The role of managerial ownership and firm characteristics. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 23(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-04-2021-0099

Purpose: This study examines how cash and stock bonus compensations influence top executives to allocate a firm's resources to fixed intangible assets investment and the extent to which this relationship is conditional on executives' ownership, firm... Read More about Managerial compensation and fixed intangible assets investment: The role of managerial ownership and firm characteristics.

Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter? (2021)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Acheampong, S., & Akwei, C. (2021). Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 29(3), 392-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-09-2020-0141

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of executive bonus compensation on a firm’s financial leverage policy and the extent to which this compensation–leverage relation is moderated by firm growth and executive ownership. Design/methodology/a... Read More about Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?.

Leverage and performance: Do size and crisis matter? (2020)
Journal Article
Danso, A., Lartey, T. A., Gyimah, D., & Adu-Ameyaw, E. (2021). Leverage and performance: Do size and crisis matter?. Managerial Finance, 47(5), 635-655. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-10-2019-0522

Purpose: This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by examining the impact of financial leverage on firm performance and also the extent to which firm size and crisis matter in the leverage -performance relationship. Design/methodolo... Read More about Leverage and performance: Do size and crisis matter?.

Proactive environmental strategy and firm performance at the bottom of the pyramid (2020)
Journal Article
Adomako, S., Ning, E., & Adu‐Ameyaw, E. (2021). Proactive environmental strategy and firm performance at the bottom of the pyramid. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(1), 422-431. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2629

This paper utilizes insights from the natural resource-based view to examine the conditions under which proactive environmental strategy (PES) drive firm performance. Using data collected from 266 small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in Ghan... Read More about Proactive environmental strategy and firm performance at the bottom of the pyramid.